Genesis 47
Thomson 1808
Brenton 1851
Greek · Brenton
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ThomsonSO Joseph went and told Pharao saying, My father and my brothers with their flocks and their herds and all that belong to them are come from the land of Chanaan; and lo! they are in the land of Gesem.
BrentonAnd Joseph came and told Pharao, saying, My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Gesem.
GreekἘλθῶν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπήγγειλε τῷ Φαραῶ, λέγων, ὁ πατὴρ μου, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου, καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ οἱ βόες αὐτῶν, καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτῶν, ἦλθον ἐκ γῆς Χαναάν· καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ.
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ThomsonAnd he took of his brothers five men and presented them before Pharao.
BrentonAnd he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.
GreekἈπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ παρέλαβε πέντε ἄνδρας, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐναντίον Φαραώ.
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ThomsonAnd Pharao said to Joseph’s brothers, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
BrentonAnd Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
GreekΚαὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς Ἰωσὴφ, Τί τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν τῷ Φαραῷ, ποιμένες προβάτων οἱ παῖδές σου, καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν.
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ThomsonMoreover they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in this land, because there is no pasture for thy servants’ cattle, for the famine hath been great in the land of Chanaan. Now therefore let us sojourn in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest any men of ability among them, make them overseers of my cattle.
BrentonAnd they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard of it.
GreekΕἶπαν δὲ τῷ Φαραῷ, παροικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἥκαμεν, οὐ γάρ ἐστι νομὴ τοῖς κτήνεσι τῶν παιδων σου, ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν γῇ Χανάαν· νῦν οὖν κατοικήσομεν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ. Εἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, Κατοικείτωσαν ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ· εἰ δὲ ἐπίστῃ, ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνδρες δυνατοὶ, κατάστησον αὐτοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἐμῶν κτηνῶν. Ἦλθον δὲ εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἤκουσε Φαραὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου.
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ThomsonNow when Jacob and his sons came into Egypt to Joseph and Pharao king of Egypt heard of it he said to Joseph, Thy father and thy brothers are come to thee,
BrentonAnd Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.
GreekΚαὶ εἶπε Φαραὼ πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ, λέγων, ὁ πατήρ σου, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου, ἥκασι πρὸς σέ.
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Thomsonbehold the land of Egypt is before thee, settle thy father and thy brothers in the best of the land.
BrentonBehold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
GreekἸδοὺ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου ἐναντίον σου ἐστίν· ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ κατοίκισον τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου.
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ThomsonAnd when Joseph introduced his father Jacob and presented him before Pharao and Jacob had blessed Pharao,
BrentonAnd Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.
GreekΕἰσήγαγε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ Ἰακὼβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐναντίον Φαραώ· καὶ ηὐλόγησεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν Φαραώ.
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ThomsonPharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?
BrentonAnd Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?
GreekΕἶπε δὲ Φαραὼ τῷ Ἰακὼβ, πόσα ἔτη ἡμερῶν τῆς ζωῆς σου;
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ThomsonAnd Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the life of my fathers which they sojourned.
BrentonAnd Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
GreekΚαὶ εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ τῷ Φαραῷ, αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς μου, ἃς παροικῶ, ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη· μικραὶ καὶ πονηραὶ γεγόνασιν αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζωῆς μου· οὐκ ἀφίκοντο εἰς τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς ζῶης τῶν πατέρων μου, ἃς ἡμέρας παρῴκησαν.
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ThomsonAnd when Jacob had blessed Pharao he went out from him.
BrentonAnd Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.
GreekΚαὶ εὐλογήσας Ἰακὼβ τὸν Φαραὼ, ἐξῆλθεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
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ThomsonAnd Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land of Ramesses, as Pharao had ordered.
BrentonAnd Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.
GreekΚαὶ κατῴκισεν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς κατάσχεσιν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν τῇ βελτίστῃ γῇ, ἐν γῇ Ῥαμεσσῆ, καθὰ προσέταξε Φαραώ.
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ThomsonAnd Joseph supplied his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with a certain portion of corn for each person.
BrentonAnd Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.
GreekΚαὶ ἐσιτομέτρει Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ παντὶ τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, σῖτον κατὰ σῶμα.
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ThomsonNow there was no food in the land, for the famine prevailed exceedingly; and both the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan fainted by reason of the famine.
BrentonAnd there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.
GreekΣῖτος δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸς σφόδρα· ἐξέλιπε δὲ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἡ γῆ Χαναὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ.
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ThomsonAnd Joseph collected all the money which was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Chanaan for the corn which they bought and which he dealt out to them. And Joseph brought all the money to Pharao’s house.
BrentonAnd Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, in return for the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao.
GreekΣυνήγαγε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν, τοῦ σίτου, οὗ ἠγόραζον, καὶ ἐσιτομέτρει αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἰσήνεγκεν Ἰωσὴφ πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ.
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ThomsonAnd when all the money was gone, out of the land of Egypt and out of the land of Chanaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us bread. Must we die in thy presence because we have no money?
BrentonAnd all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
GreekΚαὶ ἐξέλιπε πᾶν τὸ ἀργύριον ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐκ γῆς Χαναάν· ἦλθον δὲ πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πρὸς Ἰωσὴφ, λέγοντες, δὸς ἡμῖν ἄρτους, καὶ ἱνατί ἀποθνήσκομεν ἐναντίον σου; ἐκλέλοιπε γὰρ τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.
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ThomsonThereupon Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle if your money be gone.
BrentonAnd Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
GreekΕἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ, φέρετε τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἄρτους, ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν ὑμῶν, εἰ ἐκλέλοιπε τὸ ἀργύριον ὑμῶν.
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ThomsonSo they brought their cattle to Joseph, and he gave them bread for their horses and for their flocks and for their herds and for their asses and supplied them with bread that year for all their cattle.
BrentonAnd they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
GreekἬγαγον δὲ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν πρὸς Ἰωσήφ· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ ἄρτους ἀντὶ τῶν ἵππων, καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν προβάτων, καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν βοῶν, καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὄνων· καὶ ἐξέθρεψεν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἄρτοις ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἐκείνῳ.
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ThomsonWhen that year was ended they came to him the next year and said, Perhaps we may be rejected by our lord: for as our money is gone and our stock and cattle are transferred to thee our lord, there is indeed nothing left us in the presence of our lord, but our persons and our lands.
BrentonAnd that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, brought to thee our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, we are indeed destitute.
GreekἘξῆλθε δὲ τὸ ἔτος ἐκεῖνο, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ δευτέρῳ, καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, μή ποτε ἐκτριβῶμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν; εἰ γὰρ ἐκλέλοιπε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν, καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὰ κτήνη πρός σε τὸν κύριον, καὶ οὐχ ὑπολέλειπται ἡμῖν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ ἢ τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν,
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ThomsonThat we therefore may not die in thy presence and the land become a waste, purchase us and our land for bread, and we with our lands will be servants to Pharao. Give us seed that we may sow and live and not die. So the land will not become desolate.
BrentonIn order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
Greekἵνα οὖν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν ἐναντίον σου, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθῇ, κτῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ἀντὶ ἄρτων, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ἡμεῖς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν παῖδες τῷ Φαραώ· δὸς σπέρμα, ἵνα σπείρωμεν, καὶ ζῶμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐκ ἐρημωθήσεται.
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ThomsonUpon this Joseph purchased all the land of the Egyptians for Pharao. For the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao, because the famine prevailed over them. Thus the land became Pharao’s,
BrentonAnd Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.
GreekΚαὶ ἐκτήσατο Ἰωσὴφ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τῷ Φαραώ· ἀπέδοντο γὰρ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν τῷ Φαραώ· ἐπεκράτησε γὰρ αὐτῶν ὁ λιμός· καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ γῆ τῷ Φαραώ.
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Thomsonand he reduced the people to a state of vassalage from one border of Egypt to the other,
BrentonAnd he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,
GreekΚαὶ τὸν λαὸν κατεδουλώσατο αὐτῷ εἰς παῖδας, ἀπʼ ἄκρων ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου ἕως τῶν ἄκρων,
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Thomsonsave the land of the priests only. This Joseph did not buy; because Pharao had assigned them a gratuitous portion, and they ate the portion which Pharao assigned them. Therefore they did not sell their land.
Brentonexcept only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
Greekχωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἐκτήσατο ταύτην Ἰωσήφ· ἐν δόσει γὰρ ἔδωκε δόμα τοῖς ἱερεῦσι Φαραὼ, καὶ ἤσθιον τὴν δόσιν, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Φαραώ· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀπέδοντο τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.
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ThomsonThen Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold I have this day purchased you and your land for Pharao. Take seed and sow the land.
BrentonAnd Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land.
GreekΕἶπε δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πᾶσι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, ἰδοὺ κέκτημαι ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν σήμερον τῷ Φαραῷ· λάβετε ἑαυτοῖς σπέρμα, καὶ σπείρατε τὴν γῆν.
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ThomsonAnd of the products thereof you shall give Pharao the fifth. And the other four parts shall be your own to sow the land, and to be food for you and all your families.
BrentonAnd there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four remaining parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.
GreekΚαὶ ἔσται τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς· καὶ δώσετε τὸ πεμπτὸν μέρος τῷ Φαραώ· τὰ δὲ τέσσαρα μέρη ἔσται ὑμῖν αὐτοῖς εἰς σπέρμα τῇ γῇ, καὶ εἰς βρῶσιν ὑμῖν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις ὑμῶν.
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ThomsonAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives. We have found favour in the sight of our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.
BrentonAnd they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.
GreekΚαὶ εἶπαν, σέσωκας ἡμᾶς· εὕρομεν χάριν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐσόμεθα παῖδες τῷ Φαραώ.
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ThomsonSo Joseph enjoined upon them the giving a fifth to Pharao as a statute which continueth even to this day in all the land of Egypt, excepting only the land of the priests. That did not belong to Pharao.
BrentonAnd Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.
GreekΚαὶ ἔθετο αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ εἰς πρόσταγμα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, ἐπὶ γῆς Αἰγύπτου τῷ Φαραὼ ἀποπεμπτοῦν, χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἧν τῷ Φαραώ.
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ThomsonThus Israel became sojourners in the land of Egypt in the district of Gesem, and they had possessions therein and increased and multiplied exceedingly.
BrentonAnd Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly.
GreekΚατῶκησε δὲ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπὶ γῆς Γεσὲμ, καὶ ἐκληρονόμησαν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς· καὶ ηὐξήθησαν καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν σφόδρα.
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ThomsonAnd Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. And all the days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.
BrentonAnd Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years.
GreekἘπέζησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ δεκαεπτὰ ἔτη· καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰακὼβ ἐνιαυτῶν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσαρακονταεπτὰ ἔτη.
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ThomsonNow when the time of Israel’s death drew nigh he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and thou shalt deal kindly and truly with me, that thou wilt not bury me in Egypt,
BrentonAnd the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.
GreekἬγγισαν δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, εἰ εὕρηκα χάριν ἐναντίον σου, ὑπόθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ὑπὸ τὸν μηρόν μου, καὶ ποιήσεις ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ ἀλήθειαν, τοῦ μή με θάψαι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ·
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Thomsonbut let me sleep with my fathers. Therefore thou shalt carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said I will do as thou hast said.
BrentonBut I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.
GreekἈλλὰ κοιμηθήσομαι μετὰ τῶν πατέρων μου· καὶ ἀρεῖς με ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ θάψεις με ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτῶν· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ἐγὼ ποιήσω κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου.
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ThomsonAnd he said, Swear to me. So he swore to him. And Israel bowed down on the head of his staff.
BrentonAnd he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.
GreekΕἶπε δὲ, ὄμοσόν μοι· καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ· καὶ προσεκύνησεν Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς ῥάβδου αὐτοῦ.